His Unwanted Fiancé Is A Genius Heiress

rough the gaps in the heavy blackout curtain

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iolent thud that sent a rush of ice-col

eyes snap

calculation, was relaxed in sleep. The sharp line of his jaw, the straight nose, the dark la

ull. The flashing cameras. The nauseating toasts. The forced prox

down at her own body. Pa

her collarbone. Beneath it, the tight, suffocating compression binder gripped

didn't realize she was

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ing her palms into the mattress

spring groaned. A

eyebrows snap

ng haze in his gray-blue irises. Only absolute, freezing hostil

roat bobbing as if holding back bile. His eyes then stopped abruptly on her left cheek. Right where the grotesque, jagged silicone scar stretched f

motion. He was fully dressed in his trousers and a wrinkled dress shirt. H

p that vibrated in the quiet room. "Last night was for the press. I

palms that she felt the skin break. The hu

now. She had to be Kem. The use

She reached up, subtly pressing two fingers against her throat to ens

a slow, mock

ing her voice into a raspy, arrogant baritone. "You're

ed violently alo

hand clamped into the collar of her dress shirt, t

hit the solid oak bedpost

arp, cold scent of cedarwood and expensive scotch invaded her nostrils. Her stomach p

you do anything to stain the Calderon name, I will personally ensure your trust fund i

tive knock echoed

eleased her collar, shoving her slightly as he stepped back. He wiped his h

eaving as she quickly smoothed down her crumpl

o the door and

llway. His posture was impeccably straight, his expression entirely

suffocating hostility

id smoothly, his eyes never meeting Karmen's. "Madam Augusta

d the coffee

a public display of unity," Alistair pulled a thick, cream-colored itinerary card from his breast pocket.

n cup tightened until his k

ave time to play house with a

tone polite but laced with titanium. "Madam Augusta implied that if you

l's eyes darkened to the color of a storm,

d, Karmen's breath

ne. That was the core. That was the exact system

gether. The sound was au

"Tell her I agree to

"I will inform her, sir.

. The silence that fo

oked at Karmen like she was a rott

my sight," h

en's suit jacket draped over the sofa. She slung it

her leather shoes clicking

Karmen glanced back over her shoulder.

ating. Two weeks. Four hours. It was a death sentence, but

r open and stepped